 Welcome to the University of Maryland Epilepsy Center. This is the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, known as the EMU. Patients are referred here for a variety of different reasons, including to determine if you have seizures and what kind they are, to figure out why you have seizures and how best to treat them, to see if you're a candidate for epilepsy surgery or to change your medications. Most patients stay in the EMU four to seven days. You will have your own room with a private bathroom. During your stay, you will be closely monitored by a video camera, as well as electrodes placed on your scalp. Using both of these methods, we can see what happens to you physically, as well as what's happening in your brain when you have a seizure. In order for the team to evaluate your seizures, while in the EMU we may reduce your medications or ask you to stay up late, but always safety is our top priority as we figure out the best way to manage and treat your seizures. Learn more about what to expect, including a checklist of what to pack, by visiting our website at umm.edu.com.